Metallurgical Engineering Journal (JOMME): Scope, CAS Indexing and How to Publish in 2026

Materials papers have a discovery problem. A study on a doped semiconductor or a thin film coating is defined by its composition, and composition is not something a general academic index searches well. CAS does.

The Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering (JOMME) is indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service. It is a peer-reviewed, hybrid open access metallurgical engineering journal published since 2011 by STM Journals, now in its sixteenth volume.

Here is what it actually publishes — which is worth knowing before you submit — along with its indexing, metrics and submission process.

What JOMME Covers

This metallurgical engineering journal publishes fundamental research across materials and metallurgical engineering. The full Focus and Scope is on the journal page.

Nanomaterials and thin film research in metallurgical engineering journal JOMME.

What the Journal Actually Publishes

Read the recent issues and something becomes clear quickly: despite the name, this metallurgical engineering journal currently publishes far more advanced materials work than traditional metallurgy. Nanomaterials, functional thin films, energy storage materials and crystal growth dominate the table of contents.

That is useful information. If your paper is on bismuth ferrite nanoparticles or a sodium-ion battery anode, you are in good company. If it is on steel heat treatment or casting defects, you are submitting to a journal whose recent output leans elsewhere — still in scope, but worth knowing.

Five areas account for most of the published work.

Nanomaterials and Functional Materials

Sol-gel synthesis, doped systems, multiferroics, structural and optical characterisation. This is the busiest area in the journal.

Energy Materials and Storage

Photovoltaic materials, battery electrodes, solar cell efficiency. Work driven by the renewable energy transition.

Thin Films and Surface Engineering

Coating deposition, characterisation and the optical, electrical and mechanical properties that follow from processing route.

Welding, Joining and Process Metallurgy

Welding parameter optimisation, dissimilar metal joining, mechanical property evaluation. This is where the journal’s metallurgical half lives.

Computational Materials and AI

Machine learning for materials discovery, materials informatics, computational property prediction — a growing area across the field.

Recent Papers

Five examples that show the range.

Carbon-Coated Te-Doped Bi₂Se₃ as a Topological Quantum Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries — Mishra and Vala work on sodium-ion batteries as cost-effective alternatives to lithium systems for large-scale storage, where stable and conductive anode materials remain the major challenge.

Structural, Morphological, Optical, and Electrical Properties of Sol–Gel Synthesized Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles for Photovoltaic Applications — Islam and co-authors synthesise multiferroic bismuth ferrite and characterise it by XRD and bandgap measurement for solar cell use.

Experimental Analysis and Optimization of Pulse TIG Welding Parameters for Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys — Shah, Kikani and Chavda optimise pulsed-current TIG parameters for joining AA5052 and AA6063, reporting tensile strength and hardness through response surface methodology.

Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Coatings Based on SiO₂, TiO₂, and ZrO₂ — Thakur and Diwaker review characterisation approaches for these three oxide coating systems using XRD, SEM and AFM.

Role of Artificial Intelligence in Quantum Materials Research — Hema Krishna examines machine learning and materials informatics applied to spintronics and topological insulators.

Every one of these involves synthesis or processing followed by real characterisation. That is the house style.

Indexing and Metrics

This metallurgical engineering journal is indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Scientific Literature (SCILIT), Google Scholar and SJIF.

CAS deserves particular attention for a materials journal. It indexes by substance and composition rather than only by title and abstract keywords. A researcher searching for work on a specific dopant, oxide system or alloy composition will reach your paper through CAS even without knowing its title — which is exactly how materials researchers search.

JOMME metallurgical engineering journal SJIF 2020-2024:

A rising metric over five years reflects a journal that is strengthening rather than coasting.

Said plainly: JOMME is not currently indexed in Web of Science or Scopus, and SJIF is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Check your institution’s requirements before submitting anywhere. If your aim is a peer-reviewed, DOI-assigned materials paper that chemists and materials researchers can find through CAS, this journal provides that.

Who Runs the Journal

The Editor-in-Chief is Dr. C. V. Srinivasa, Professor and Dean at GM Institute of Technology, Karnataka. His own work sits in composite materials and mechanical characterisation, which is directly relevant if your paper involves material properties, processing routes or structure-property relationships.

The board consists of practising researchers, and manuscripts are assigned to editors with matching expertise.

How to Submit

Check the fit against recent issues, not just the scope statement. The scope admits traditional metallurgy; the recent output leans toward functional and advanced materials. Both are accepted, but knowing the balance helps you frame your paper.

Follow the guidelines. The Author Guidelines and Instructions for Authors cover structure, references and figures.

Submit through the portal. Upload your manuscript, abstract, keywords and supplementary files via the manuscript submission system, which provides status tracking and direct contact with the editorial office.

Check the APC. As a hybrid open access journal, JOMME charges a processing fee for the open access route. See the Article Processing Charges page.

What Reviewers Will Look For

Materials manuscripts come back for a consistent set of reasons.

• Complete synthesis or processing detail. Precursors and purity, molar ratios, temperature profile, atmosphere, hold times, cooling rate. Sol-gel and solid-state routes both need this.
• Characterisation data, not conclusions about it. Show the XRD pattern, the SEM micrograph, the spectra — with scale bars, indexed peaks and stated instrument parameters.
• Composition verified. EDS, XRF or equivalent. A nominal doping level is not a measured one.
• Property measurements with method stated. Sample geometry, test standard, number of specimens, measurement conditions.
• Replicates and scatter. Mean and standard deviation across a stated number of samples.
• A comparison baseline. Undoped material, conventional alloy, or published values under matched conditions.
• Structure-property link made explicit. The value of a materials paper is in connecting what you made to how it behaves, not in reporting either alone.
• Current references. Energy materials and nanomaterials move fast; a reference list ending several years back weakens the paper.

Conclusion

This metallurgical engineering journal will not replace a Web of Science indexed materials title if your institution requires one. Verify that first.

What this metallurgical engineering journal offers is specific: CAS indexing, which is how materials and chemistry researchers actually search; fifteen years of continuous publication through Volume 16; registered print and electronic ISSNs; DOI assignment; three issues a year; a rising SJIF; and an editorial lead whose own research is in materials characterisation.

For a nanomaterial synthesis and characterisation study, a thin film or coating paper, an energy materials result, or a welding and joining optimisation, it is a realistic venue. Researchers working on the processing and manufacturing side of materials may also want to look at the manufacturing journal IJMMP, which covers adjacent ground.

If that fits your work, read the author guidelines, run through the checklist above, and submit your manuscript.

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